Major overhaul makes OS X Lion king of security

[djk]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/21/mac_os_x_lion_security/

With Wednesday's release of Mac OS X Lion, Apple has definitively leapfrogged its rivals by offering an operating system with state-of-the-art security protections that make it more resistant to malware exploits and other hack attacks, two researchers say.

Unlike the introduction of Snow Leopard in 2009, which offered mostly incremental security enhancements, OS X 10.7 represents a major overhaul, said the researchers, who spent the past few months analyzing the OS.

“It's a significant improvement, and the best way that I've described the level of security in Lion is that it's Windows 7, plus, plus,” said Dino Dai Zovi, principal of security consultancy Trail of Bits and the coauthor of The Mac Hacker's Handbook. “I generally tell Mac users that if they care about security, they should upgrade to Lion sooner rather than later, and the same goes for Windows users, too.”

 

[ray liotta]

I upgraded my macs last week. Very smooth. Nice OS.
I also found the download install via app store a great idea. Better than going to a store and buying an install disc.
As you can make your own system disc if you wish after the download.

I guess the Mac hater comments might come out now.

 

[djk]

I upgraded my macs last week. Very smooth. Nice OS.
I also found the download install via app store a great idea. Better than going to a store and being an install disc.
As you can make your own system disc if you wish after the download.

Nice!

I guess the Mac hater comments might come out now.

They're predictable like that. =)

 

[Anynym]

I love my Mac, but to say that this upgrade has "leapfrogged" other OSs is simply not recognisant of the facts.

The OS has a large number of lovely features, but security is never better than the weakest links in an OS, and for cowardly lion there are several weak links, including the file system and the implementation of "seamless backups" in one or two files & folders which contain all version information for thousands of files simultaneously - places which if exploited could give your entire system over to those with malicious intent.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Lion looks Less secure than Windows 7

Major overhaul makes OS X Lion king of security

Maybe not so secure....:fear:

Any Mac With A Firewire Port Running OS X Lion Can Be Hacked Within Minutes [Report]

 

[oldjones]

Yeah, so don't let hackers walk into your office or plug stuff into your laptop and that's one you can cross off.

 

[AnimalMagnetism]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/21/mac_os_x_lion_security/

you do realize that the article is telling everyone that prior to Lion, Apple security was woefully lax...
funny, now that there is a new OS Apple are admitting that things weren't really that good to begin with and should upgrade IMMEDIATELY ! LMAO

too funny!

 

[AnimalMagnetism]

RUMOUR: Apples new theme song...

 

[Tangwhich]

I guess the Mac hater comments might come out now.

It works both ways. There's several closed minded posters here on both sides of the fence.